Have you guys seen this big anouncement for A&A?

@reloader-1 Yeah, true. There just isn’t that much news in the A&A world for long stretches of time.

@djensen

I went back and looked at their press release and website and they are all termed as the “possible” licensing of A&A to Renegade. This was in October. I bet the Renegade lawyers got to look at the books, and well… maybe not such a hot idea after all…

We shall see.

I will note, Renegade doesn’t make any games with plastic units. That would seem to be a pretty big hurdle to me to taking on A&A. At this point, maybe that is just fire and forget for the old stuff as its all subcontracted to China, which has all the old molds and production down pat. But anything new, and easy to see renegade losing its shirt.

Concerning news in the Axis & Allies World - we’ve contacted Renegade as part of introducing the Axis & Allies Global 1940 & 1943 House Rules Expansions.

Renegade has replied with interest.

We’ll see what happens next.

Captain

@karl7 Well, Renegade already does GI Joe, Transformers, and My Little Pony for Hasbro. A&A should be “easy.”

Maybe there’s acquisition talks? (Now, I’m just starting unfounded rumors, lol).

@djensen said in Have you guys seen this big anouncement for A&A?:

Now, I’m just starting unfounded rumors, lol

That’s OK A Blue Heart for referencing “My Little Pony” :)

@djensen said in Have you guys seen this big anouncement for A&A?:

@karl7 Well, Renegade already does GI Joe, Transformers, and My Little Pony for Hasbro. A&A should be “easy.”

Maybe there’s acquisition talks? (Now, I’m just starting unfounded rumors, lol).

Yeah, I know nothing other than that the press release etc were careful to note they “were in talks”… nothing certain.

But deals take time, so maybe it’s just hammering them out. I suspect A&A is probably one of the more top heaving franchises in terms of production, especially the 1940 games. So maybe renegade is just being careful? LOL.

You are right, though, they do make minis… I was wrong on that.

@the-captain said in Have you guys seen this big anouncement for A&A?:

Concerning news in the Axis & Allies World - we’ve contacted Renegade as part of introducing the Axis & Allies Global 1940 & 1943 House Rules Expansions.

Renegade has replied with interest.

We’ll see what happens next.

Captain

Wait, what? Who?

Also, how did you get in contact with them? They seem to be ignoring me – granted I am going through BGG and social media, maybe not the best approach.

I will note, Renegade doesn’t make any games with plastic units. That would seem to be a pretty big hurdle to me to taking on A&A. At this point, maybe that is just fire and forget for the old stuff as its all subcontracted to China, which has all the old molds and production down pat. But anything new, and easy to see renegade losing its shirt.

I wouldn’t say they don’t make ANY games with plastic “units”. There are at least three;

Dead Men Tell No Tales
My Fathers Work
Power Rangers Heroes of the Grid
And it looks like maybe their GI Joe game may have some in there …

Admittedly not in the hundreds of pieces like A&A, but they are highly detailed molded miniatures (including a fancy separate miniatures pack upgrade for DMTNT).

TBH, for a publisher the size of Renegade, they’d have zero issues dealing with plastic minis. If a small time publisher like me can manage without any hurdles (if I could get the funding that is), they can as well. COST would be something that they’d have to factor in but that’s beyond our knowledge as we have no idea how well capitalized they may be or what their risk tolerance is.

@djensen

Hi Dave,

We contacted Renegade by e-mail - through their website.

A Renegade employee responded positively each time within 48 hours.

@karl7 said in Have you guys seen this big anouncement for A&A?:

@djensen said in Have you guys seen this big anouncement for A&A?:

@karl7 Well, Renegade already does GI Joe, Transformers, and My Little Pony for Hasbro. A&A should be “easy.”

Maybe there’s acquisition talks? (Now, I’m just starting unfounded rumors, lol).

Yeah, I know nothing other than that the press release etc were careful to note they “were in talks”… nothing certain.

But deals take time, so maybe it’s just hammering them out. I suspect A&A is probably one of the more top heaving franchises in terms of production, especially the 1940 games. So maybe renegade is just being careful? LOL.

You are right, though, they do make minis… I was wrong on that.

Yeah, that ship has sailed. You can already pre-order Axis & Allies 1941, 1942 and 1940 from several vendors with Renegade Games as the publisher, release date of May 2023.

Noble Knight, Miniatures Market, and others. This is one of Renegade’s distributors:

https://www.phdgames.com/2022/11/04/axis-allies-1941-1942-more-renegade-game-studios/

A few changes and tweaks to the base lineup, box size and markers etc. Nothing massive.

@reloader-1

nice!

I just added to the article some new, exciting, info:

Update: Renegade Game Studios is having a virtual conference, RenegadeCon Virtual, on February 3-4. On February 3, 2023 at 4:30pm PT, they will be making announcements on “what’s to come for Axis & Allies.”

@djensen said in Have you guys seen this big anouncement for A&A?:

I just added to the article some new, exciting, info:

Update: Renegade Game Studios is having a virtual conference, RenegadeCon Virtual, on February 3-4. On February 3, 2023 at 4:30pm PT, they will be making announcements on “what’s to come for Axis & Allies.”

on calendar! lol,
i might attend

Now waiting for the 1914 reprint announcement and the subsequent ebay price crash :)

The 41, 42.2 and E/P40.2 reprint announcements mean there’s no third editions in the works for the time being, seemingly.

Now available for pre-order:

https://renegadegamestudios.com/axis-allies-1914/

@panther that is good . Let’s hope new people buy it .

@crsluggo said in Have you guys seen this big anouncement for A&A?:

I’m glad their first reprint is 1914. Did they mention how long the pre-order window is open?

I didn’t hear about a duration for pre-orders, but the WELCOME20 checkout code will get you 20% off.

That is good to hear.
I hope all of us (yes, we are a community!) that wanted to buy Axis and Allies 1914 but for whatever reason did not can buy this game now.